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January 17, 2015

Millinery Mayhem

Q: What saved the beaver from near extinction?A: The silk worm–silk replaced beaver felt in hat making in the mid-1900’s.

Q: Who was the first person to wear a fedora?A: Audacious actress Sarah Bernhardt donned a felted hat with a pleat down the middle in her starring role in the play Fédora in 1882 and fashion history was made. Bernhardt admirer Oscar Wilde began rocking a fedora the same year.